五声音阶 wǔshēngyīnjiē pentatonic scale Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 五声 五聲 wǔshēng pentatonic scale the five notes of the traditional Chinese pentatonic scale: 宫 gōng, 商 shāng, 角 jué, 征 zhǐ, and 羽 yǔ音阶 音階 yīnjiē musical scale a series of musical notes arranged in order of pitch starting from a base note